Irena Sendler

2010
Choises


... a tribute to wartime heroine - Irena Sendler. Who ? Don’t know much about history ? Well here’s a good place to start. Tony says: “What intrigues me about her courage is that she had no weapons or shields to defend herself with. Her acts were by courage and heart alone – and motivated by a love of humanity”. The poetic imagery shines brightly: “Through crosses from stars…” - a reference to the church sited on the border of the Warsaw ghetto through which children were smuggled. “She was Irena, calm and serene and she was Jolanta (her Resistance code name) through rubble and screams”. All this – added to a very fine melody – has created a magnificent and memorable song.



Irena Sendler, da nubile Irena Krzyżanowska (Varsavia, 15 febbraio 1910 – Varsavia, 12 maggio 2008), è stata un'infermiera e assistente sociale polacca, che collaborò con la Resistenza nella Polonia occupata durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Divenne famosa per avere salvato, insieme con una ventina di altri membri della Resistenza polacca, circa 2.500 bambini ebrei, facendoli uscire di nascosto dal ghetto di Varsavia, fornendo loro falsi documenti e trovando rifugio per loro in case al di fuori del ghetto.